Don鈥檛 drop the two-degree climate target
The global climate target of 2 掳C has been criticised as scientifically and politically meaningless, but we ditch it at our peril, says Alice Bows-Larkin
Too simple minds: Debunking myths about the human brain
From neuromarketing to kids high on sugar, it鈥檚 easy to get simplistic about how our brains work, argues Christian Jarrett in Great Myths of the Brain
I鈥檓 making science in Africa a numbers game
Africa must take its place on the global science stage, says Thierry Zomahoun, president of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences
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Join our shoestring mission to find life on Europa
快猫短视频 has a plan to beat ESA to Jupiter鈥檚 moon with our own low-budget CubeSat space probe. We鈥檒l be looking for alien life 鈥 who鈥檚 in?
Menthol increases nicotine addiction by tweaking brain
The popular mint cigarette flavouring menthol may make smoking a harder habit to kick by increasing the number of nicotine receptors in our brains
鈥楪iant鈥 fossil hints at the diversity of early primates
A new mammal fossil 鈥 鈥減lunderer of the Bear Formation鈥 鈥 reveals a richer diversity of early primates, whose ancestors may have lived alongside dinosaurs
Slowing down time helps us savour it all the more
An exhibition and two books show how technology is changing our interactions with time